An image output service system on a cloud, that outputs information used for image output, includes a converting portion that obtains image data after a converting process from image data before the converting process, by the converting process according to an image output unit that outputs an image, and an output portion that outputs an information group for image output including the image data after the converting process and provision information indicating what types of plural pieces of information the information group is configured by and where each of the pieces of information is arranged.
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1. An image output service system on a cloud that outputs information used for image output, the image output service system comprising at least one computer, wherein in response to a request information for requesting image output from a local area, the at least one computer is configured to: obtain image data after a converting process from image data before the converting process, by the converting process according to an image output unit in the local area that outputs an image; and output an information group for image output to the image output unit in the local area, wherein the information group for image output including the image data after the converting process and provision information indicating what types of a plurality of pieces of information the information group is configured by and where each of the pieces of information is arranged.
2. The image output service system according to claim 1 , wherein the computer outputs the provision information indicating in which folder each of the pieces of information, constituting the information group for image output, developed in one or more folders is arranged, and the plurality of pieces of information constituting the information group for image output, which is output from the computer, are developed and rearranged in one or more folders according to an arrangement indicated by the provision information, by a support apparatus that supports image output by the image output unit.
3. The image output service system according to claim 1 , wherein the computer generates pieces of image data after a plurality of converting processes corresponding to a plurality of image output units, from image data before the converting process, by the converting process according to each of the plurality of image output units having different characteristics from one another, and the computer outputs the information group for image output including the image data after the converting process corresponding to the image output unit and the provision information related to the information group, as information used for image output by each of the image output units.
4. The image output service system according to claim 2 , wherein the computer generates pieces of image data after a plurality of converting processes corresponding to a plurality of image output units, from image data before the converting process, by the converting process according to each of the plurality of image output units having different characteristics from one another, and the computer outputs the information group for image output including the image data after the converting process corresponding to the image output unit and the provision information related to the information group, as information used for image output by each of the image output units.
5. The image output service system according to claim 3 , wherein based on information defining a target state of image output, the information group for image output corresponding to the identical target state in the plurality of image output units is generated.
6. The image output service system according to claim 4 , wherein based on information defining a target state of image output, the information group for image output corresponding to the identical target state in the plurality of image output units is generated.
7. An image output support apparatus for supporting image output by an image output unit, the support apparatus comprising a processor configured to: obtain an information group for image output including image data after a converting process according to the image output unit and provision information indicating what types of a plurality of pieces of information the information group is configured by and where each of the pieces of information is arranged, from a service system on a cloud; rearrange the information group for image output obtained from the service system, according to an arrangement indicated by the provision information; and support the image output by the image output unit by using the rearranged information group for image output.
8. The image output support apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor obtains the provision information indicating in which folder each of the pieces of information, constituting the information group for image output, developed in one or more folders on the cloud is arranged, and the processor develops and rearranges the plurality of pieces of information constituting the information group for image output obtained from the service system, in one or more folders according to an arrangement indicated by the provision information.
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer on a cloud that outputs information used for image output in response to a request information for requesting the image output from a local area, the program causing the computer to: obtain image data after a converting process from image data before the converting process, by the converting process according to an image output unit that outputs an image; and output an information group for image output to the image output unit in the local area, wherein the information group for image output including the image data after the converting process and provision information indicating what types of a plurality of pieces of information the information group is configured by and where each of the pieces of information is arranged.
10. The image output support apparatus according to claim 7 , the processor further configured to: send a request information for requesting image output to the service system on the cloud according to an amount of image data included in the request information.
11. The image output support apparatus according to claim 7 , the processor further configured to: send a request information for requesting image output to the service system on the cloud according to a designation.
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